Preface; Titles of books referred to; 1. Youth and education; 2. Apprenticeship at the Hague; 3. The Peace of Ryswick; 4. The embassy at Paris; 5. The embassy at Paris; 6. The Irish Secretaryship and Parliament; 7. The commission of trade and the feud with the Duchess of Marlborough; 8. 'Mat's Peace'; 9. Paris once more; 10. The last year of Queen Anne; 11. The years of trouble; 12. Last years and death; Appendixes; Biographical notes; Index.

The first full-length published biography of the poet and diplomat Matthew Prior (1664 1721).

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